Deborah Ineye Olaniyan

I think we should all love routines. Some things don't stick at first glance — philosophies don't just lead, they have to be walked into. It takes the "boring" practice of routines to etch ideas into culture, into time. Sometimes you have to say it again and again to make it law.

I want to really live. I'm starting to see that it has to be something outside me. A cause I'm willing to die for, something bigger than me. I want to live and love with depth. Maybe it's a "savior complex" pointed in a good direction. It just has to be bigger than you, to live.

The quality of the median education is the bedrock for elevating conversations for social wellbeing — which is directly proportional to civilisational advancement. Aristotle and Socrates advanced civilization through education, and in doing so elevated general societal conversations. The dialogue raises the floor.

Writing is art and "technical construction." It's painting a picture and laying bits of concrete to build a house. A good writer is an architect, a civil engineer and an artist working together. You're not a bad writer — you are just impatient.

Impatience is why we don't find it. We've been wired with the thrill of newness, "creativity," and the never-ending now of the internet — to the point of being incapacitated to stay with "boring" stuff until it gives way. There's a maleficent discovery that comes with reading the same thing over and over. That's where the treasure trove is.

Business organizations and educational institutions are two sides of the same coin. Both function as ideological trains, culture creators and culture shapers. Pretending otherwise is how we end up with either soulless companies or impractical schools.

Life in its entirety is a playground for education. Everything we interact with sells an ideology, a philosophy, a lifestyle. These interactions carve thought patterns, mindsets, and our way of life. There is no "neutral" surface. Choose what's etching into you.